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@article{771031, author = {Raclavský, Jiří}, article_location = {Kirchberg am Wechsel}, article_number = {1}, keywords = {modal argument; nominal description theory; singular terms}, language = {eng}, issn = {1022-3398}, journal = {Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society}, title = {Rethinking the Modal Argument against Nominal Description Theory}, volume = {16}, year = {2008} }
TY - JOUR ID - 771031 AU - Raclavský, Jiří PY - 2008 TI - Rethinking the Modal Argument against Nominal Description Theory JF - Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 271 EP - 271 PB - Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society SN - 10223398 KW - modal argument KW - nominal description theory KW - singular terms N2 - According to the Nominal description theory (NDT), the meaning of a proper name is identical with the meaning of the so-called nominal description. Kripke-like argumentation against NDT by means of modal argument can be doubted because names are introduced by means of a contingent baptizing act. I suggest refinements of the modal argument which filter out such objection. I distinguish two kinds of nominal descriptions: rigid and non-rigid; thus there arise two versions of modal argument, which both are valid. But one of them has a conclusion (targeted against NDT) the truth of which remains disputable. The reformulation of Kripke's thesis I suggest is thus needed. ER -
RACLAVSKÝ, Jiří. Rethinking the Modal Argument against Nominal Description Theory. \textit{Contributions of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society}. Kirchberg am Wechsel: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, 2008, roč.~16, č.~1, s.~271-278. ISSN~1022-3398.
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